High Noon

"[about being marshal] It's a great life. You risk your skin catchin' killers and the juries turn 'em loose so they can come back and shoot at ya again. If you're honest, you're poor your whole life, and in the end you wind up dyin' all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothin'. For a tin star."

"[about no one volunteering to be a deputy] It figures. It's all happened too sudden. People gotta talk themselves into law and order before they do anything about it. Maybe because down deep they don't care. They just don't care."

"[to Harvey, about Will Kane] You're a good looking boy, you have big broad shoulders, but he is a man. It takes more than big broad shoulders to make a man, Harvey, and you have a long way to go. You know something? I don't think you will ever make it."

"The story of a man who was too proud to run."

"When these hands point straight up...the excitement starts!"

"Simple. Powerful. Unforgettable."

"Gary Cooper - Marshal Will Kane"

"Thomas Mitchell - Mayor Jonas Henderson"

"Lloyd Bridges - Deputy Marshal Harvey Pell"

"Katy Jurado - Helen Ramírez"

"Grace Kelly - Amy Fowler Kane"

"Otto Kruger - Judge Percy Mettrick"

"Lon Chaney Jr. - Martin Howe"

"Harry Morgan - Sam Fuller"

"Ian MacDonald - Frank Miller"

"Eve McVeagh - Mildred Fuller"

"Morgan Farley - Dr. Mahin, minister"

"Harry Shannon - Cooper"

"Lee Van Cleef - Jack Colby"

"Robert J. Wilke - Jim Pierce"

"Sheb Wooley - Ben Miller"

"Ralph Reed as Johnny"